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MACHINE FOR WIRING corms IN BOTTLES. No. 351,714.

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MACHINE FOR WIRING OORKS IN BOTTLES.

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FREDERIO GEORGE RILEY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR WIRING CORKS IN BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,714, dated Qotober 26, 1886.

Application filed December 27, 1884. Serial'No. !.356.

' To all whom it iwy concern:

whereby the ends thereof are left in position to secure the cork of the next bottle, andso on in succession.

The objects of myinvention I accomplish in the manner and by the combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

' which- I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the same 5 Fig.3, a detail sectional view. on an enlarged scale, of apart of the upper end of the machine; Fig. 3, a detail horizontal sectional view of the head of the machine containing the feed or pusher head; Fig. 4, a detail side view of the treadle mechanism for raising the bottle-support; Fig. 5, a detail elevation of the traversing lever; Figs. 6, 7, and 8, detail views of the cams on the sleeve of the head of the machine, the two last-mentioned figures showing the compression-arms; Fig. 9," a detail-' sectional view of a part of the head of the machine and the compressor-arms, showing 7 the bolt for locking the said arms, Fig. 10, a

detail view of the tension devices for regulating the feed of the wires; Fig. 11, a side elevation showing a modification of the machine; Fig. 12, a rear end view thereof; Figs. 13 to 18, inclusive, detail views of parts embodied in the modified form of machine shown (No mo lel.) Patented in Eng'and June 18,1883, No. 3,018.

eral projection, 13, forming an abutmentagainst which the cork of the bottle 0 bears under the pressure of the foot-lever D, through the link E and guide F, as in Figs. 1 and 4, the bottle resting'upon the bottle support or block G.

The letters H H indicate reels or drums- (preferably four in number) on which the wires are wound, said wires being led through an orifice in a stationary plate, I, and over guide-rollers J J to the feeding appliance or pusher-head K. The stem K of the pusherhead hasa reciprocating action within the fixed head L of the machine by means of the vibratory lever M, the short arm N of which carries a friction-roller, 1, capable of being depressed by the cam-plate P, on a transverse traversing .ar n, Q, the latter being moved or drawn over toward the operator by the handle V". The guide-rollers J J are on a branch, 2, ofthe lever M, and move with it, sufficient wire being taken from the reels H H to serve for wiring a bottle. '1' he face of the pusher-head K has, say, four holes, 3,-(see Figs. 8 and 20,) two for wires H II at a higher level and closer to-- gether than those of the two holes for the wires H H, so that the wires H are above the cork and the wires H below or under the shoulder of the mouth of the bottle, as seen in Fig. 1. The traversing arm Q, has teeth R on the inner face of its bow or arched part S, which teeth are in gear with a pinion, S, loosely mounted on the fixed head L. The pinion S has a boss provided with clutch-teeth 4, Fig. 1, on its outer face to engagewith corresponding teeth 8, Fig. 3*, on a sleeve, T, so as to impart rotation thereto when moving in one direction ,pnly, and to slip over on the return motion. The sleeve T is provided with two cams, U U, (shown separately in Figs. 6,.7,

and 8,) in the races of which rollers or studs 1 VV, on compression-arms IV W, are caused to approach each other for, say, the forward movement of the arm Q, but are returned to their normal position by springs to a.

i The compression of the arms 1V V gathers the four wires H H H H into a cluster, but not so that all the four wires will be in actual contact, the upper and lower wires of one side of the bottle neck and cork being alone brought together by the compression, the separation of the two, pairsbeing insured by a pointed end,

I), of the upper arm, W, entering between terminate in abutments 5, so that when the the reciprocation of the. stem K, said steinis.

- sition after the forward movement of the arm .7, as shown in Figs. 3, and 3.

the two pairs of wires at that side, so that a twist shall take place of the four wires on each 3 face of it, a loop being formed between said two twists by reason of the greater travel of the pointed upper arm, \V, the cam-race Ufor this arm having agreater arc than that for the 1 other compressor-arm. The double cam U U 3 is shown in the detail views, Figs. '7 and S, the l compressor being shown in a closed and in an open position, respectively. The opcningaction of the compressors is effected by springs a a, which keep the rollers or studs V V in contact with the cams U U, the races of which cams are rotated under the action of the clutched sleeve T, the arms W rotate therewith, and not only insure the gathering of the wires H H H H", but the twisting of them, as before explained.

In the fixed head L is arranged a rectangular bolt or locking-plate, (1, Figs. 3, 3, and 9, which is partlycut away at its lower end, Fig. 3, to receive a spring, 6, by which said bolt is forced outward and made to engage in a recess, 0, in a collanf, which carries guidesf for the I compressor-arms, thereby locking said arms from rotation during such time as the cams are compressing them for the gathering operation, and as this is completed apuslrpin, carried by the arm. XV, enters the recess 0 through an opening, 0', Fig. 3, so as to press upon the bolt (1 and force it back within the head L, to allow the armsW' \V to take up the motion of the cams and effect the twisting operation, which takes place between the fixed head and the neck of the bottle. It will be observed that the push-pin g, as shown in Figs. 3and 9, may also serve as a support for one of the springs a that return thestuds V V to their normal po- Q, as before explained. In orderto permit the passage of the bolt d without interfering with provided with an elongated longitudinal slot,

The traversing leverQ has suflieient teeth to give the cams U U the necessary stroke to first shape the wires H H H H to one center and then to give two complete revolutions to form the twisted loop between the neck of the bottle 0 and the sliding pusher-head K. Just at the termination of its stroke the projecting roller or stud V of the gatheringtool \V, which is prolonged through the camplate U for this purpose, is struck by the pro- 1 jectio'u X of the traversing arm Q, thus causing the arm W to take a further stroke nearer the center and sever the wires by bringing the l two portions 6 and c of the arms V W forcibly together. The traversing lever Q, having now completed its stroke, has brought the arms V \V around to their first position, with the hole 0 directly opposite to the bolt d in ,the fixed head L, into which hole the bolt shoots and locks the arms \V W", after which the gathering tools open out under the action of their springs a a and bring the double cam-plate U U to its first position. The traversing lever Q is now returned or thrown back, and in doing so its cam-plate P, through the lever M N, causes the sliding'or pusher head K to be forced outward, as in dotted lines, and to take the twisted end of the four wires H H H H with it into position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 3. After the traversing lever Q has traveled back a certain distance, the lever N escapes from the cam P, and the counter-balance weight Y returns the sliding head or feeder K into contact with the fixed head L, leaving the wires projecting as a sort of cage, as at Fig. 3, into which the cork of the next bottle can enter and be wired by the gathercrs, as before explained. The tcnsionplates it [L are carried by a bracket, 1', attached to the frame A of the machine, and they are governed by springs jj and adj listing-screws his. The wires H H. H H pass between these plates h h, as at Figs. 1, 3, and 10, which regulate the feed of the wires and prevent the slackness of the same, the reels or drn 1118 H H being free.

The lever M may be connected with the pusher rod or stem K in any convenient man nor. the rod or stem K is screwthreadcd for attachment of an adjustable collar, 9, that is held in place by ajam-nut, 10, and connected by a link or other fastening, 11, to the upper end of the lever M, which bears against one end of said collar. The movements of the lever M, underthe action ofthetraversinglever Q and counterbalance Y, are thus communicated to the rod. or stem K so as to cause the puslierdiead K to reciprocate, as required. To hold the clutch-teeth 4 and Set the pinion S and sleeve T in yielding contact, so that they will engage when the lever Q is thrown As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a portion of forward and disengage during its backward movement, springs 12 are arranged in recesses i in the fixed head L to bear on the opposite face of the pinion.

The machine thus describedis to beworked by hand, but by certain modifications the rotating head and parts adjacent can he worked by power and be made to act intermittingly from a hand-wheel, '1, as shown in Figs. 11 and 12, where m indicates a half-friction and halfwhich a stud, q, (see Fig. 16,) is actuated, as

hereinafter described. The stud q is onthe back of a rack, 1', which rack can slide up and down in the head 8 of the supportingpillar 1, (see Fig. 16,) said rack being operated in one direction-via, upward-by the depression of the platform or bottle-holder G when a bottle is placed in position on it, the platform or bottle-holder being then forced downward, whereby the rack u on its lower end causes the pinion v to rotate and the other rack, r, to be raised, and with it the stud q.

The disk m, which is supported by the pin a, has its rim 1) in the path of and is acted upon by the stud q, sothat as the latter rises the disk at also rises to place its friction-rim min frictional contact with the wheel S, thereby operating the cams U U in a manner similar to the spur-pinion S, described'with reference to Figs. 2 and 3. The cork of the bottle abuts against the stop a and should the bottle not be removed by hand the sliding head K, when next pushed out by the lever M, will knock the bottle away, and the spring is, with which the support G is provided, will force it and the rack to upward, which motion, through the pinion e, will cause the rack r to descend and the disk at to stop, taking the friction-rim m out of contact with the small wheel S.

Thus the disk m may keepon revolving without touching the small wheel S until/another bottle is placed in position; but in this continned rotation of the disk m the head K will not be operated, by reason of the cam P temporarily leaving and ceasing to act on the short arm N of the lever M. This drop of the disk allows the driving-bandl to be slightly tightened thereby. In order to allow the required vertical movement of the disk m, its axle or supporting-pin u is journaled in a movable bearing-block, 13, that is capable of sliding vertically in a guideway, 14, formed in the machine-frame, as shown in Figsll, 12, and 15.

I purpose using bundles of wire ,from the wire-drawers, and instead of untying the bundles and then winding them upon a reel I place a bundle direct upon a half-pulley, x, and then place the other half-pulley, y, upon it and bolt the two half-pulleys together, as at Figs. 17 and 18, the bundle being still intact. I then mount the pulley upon its axle-pin w and sever the binding wires or string, and use the wire direct for securing corks in bottle-necks.

Instead of one pointed end, I), being caused to enter between the wires, the lower arm,W, may have a pointed end, as at Figs. 19 and 20, arranged so that both pointed ends enter between the wires, as at Figs. 21 and 22, each point passing the other, so as to jam the wires in the two angled surfaces b b c c, to hold them firmly while the twisting takes place. The severing of the wires is then efiected by a combined cutting and. twisting separation of said wires as the pointed ends b b pass each other. into the position shown at Figs. 23

and 24.

2. The combination, in a'niachinefor wiring corks in bottles, of a vertically-movable bottle-support, a supporting-frame having an abutment for the cork to bear against, ,a sta- 3. The combination, in a machine for wiring corks in bottles, of asupporting-frame, wire.

reels carried thereon, a tubular head, a reciprocating pusherhead in said tubular head, radially movable and rotating compressorarms for gathering, twisting, and severing the wires, and mechanismforactuating the parts,

substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a machine for wiring corks in bottles, of asupportingframe having a stationary tubular head, a bottle-support, wire-reels carried by the frame, a sliding pusher-head in the tubular head, an oscillating lever carrying guide-rollers and connected with the pusher-head, and rotating and radially-movable compressor-arms for gathering, twisting, and severing the wires, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in a machine for wiring corks in bottles, of a tubular head, wire-reels, the wires of which extend through said head," a reciprocating pusher-head in the tubular head, compressor-arms carried by the tubular head, and means for radially moving and rotating the arms to gather, twist, and sever the wires, substantially as described.

6. The combination, in a machine for wiring corks in bottles, of a supp'ortingframe having a tubular head through which the wires extend, asliding pusher located in said tubular head, an oscillating lever carrying guides for the wire and connected with the pusher and provided with a short arm, means for acting on said short arm to oscillate the lever and move the pusher, and radially moving and rotating compressor-arms for gathering, twisting, and severing the wires, substantially as described.

7. The combination, in a machine for wiring corks in bottles, of a tubular head through which the wires extend, a reciprocating pusher in said head, and radially moving and rotating compressor-arms for gathering, twisting, and severing the wires, substantially as described.

8. The combination, in a'machine for wiring corks in bottles, of a tubular head through which the wires extend, a reciprocating pusher in said head, a sleeve loose on the head and having a double cam, compressor-arms connected with the cams, a pinion on the tubular head clutched to the sleeve and a transverse traversing arm having a rack engaging the pinion to rotate the sleeve and cause the compressor-arms to move radially and rotate for gathering, twisting, and severing the wires, substantially as described.

. 9. The combination, ina machine for wiring corks in bottles, of compressor-arms W W,

and rotating cams connected with said arms ing and rotating compressor-arms for gatherand acting to radially move and rotate them ing and twisting the wires, substantially as for gathering, twisting, and severing thecorkdescribed.

holding wires, substantially as described. FREDERIO GEORGE RILEY. 5 10. The combination, in. aniachine for win \Vitnesses:

ing corks in bottles, of the tubular head hav- HENRI TAYARGER,

ing two pairs 01 holes, the upper pair-being 75 Turmnill Street, London, England.

nearer together than the lower pair, thewires CHARLES REYNOLDS RILEY,

passing through said holes to form an open Elm Tree Lodge, South Lambeth Road, London, To cage for receiving the cork, and radially inov- England. 

